Welcome to Year 2 

cberry@sjbos.thedcet.com

Miss Berry is our Teacher

Mrs Crenol is our class Teaching Assistant, she works Tuesday-Friday.

Mrs Lock is our class Teaching Assistant on a Monday.

Miss Cooper is our class PPA Cover Teacher she teaches us 9-12am on a Thursday morning.

Our Autumn Term Humanities is

'How am I making History?' 

 In our Topic lessons the children will …

- Develop an understanding of personal chronology.

- Learn more about my history.

- Explore how we remember events.

- Find out what childhood was like for our parents and grandparents.

- Compare childhood now with childhood in the past.

- Identify that some things change and some things stay the same.

Our science work will focus on 'Materials.

The children will learn:

- How to identify and compare the suitability of materials.

- How things move on different surfaces.

- How materials can be changes in shape by squashing, bending, twisting or stretching.

Homework

Weekly Homework Choice Grid

Children to complete 2 activities from different sections on the Homework Choice Grid below.

Homework can be recorded using writing, pictures, drawings etc. appropriate to the task.

Each task can only be completed once.

Books will be collected in on a Friday.

Spellings
Spellings are also handed out on a Friday ready for a test the following Friday. Please make sure the children are practicing their spellings every week.

Share a story journal

Every week on a Friday, one child from the class will bring home the 'Share a story journal'. This is a further opportunity for you to read with your child while enjoying a nice cup of 'hot chocolate' (provided by the school). If it is your turn to complete the journal, we ask that it is returned on the Monday so that teachers have a chance to look over any work that has been completed.    

PE

PE is currently on a Tuesday and a Friday (Gymnastics). Please ensure your child has the correct kit (including daps or trainers) on these days.

Reading Books

We are continuing to improve children's reading fluency and comprehension. Please continue to hear your child read as often as possible and use the question based bookmarks to support this process. We encourage children to change reading books as regularly as possible. Please ensure you record any reading that takes place at home with a simple comment inside the small blue/green book (Reading Record). Finished books can be placed inside the classroom crate on a daily basis but they will not be changed unless the reading record has been written in.